A British house cat has roared her way into the Guinness World Records by having the loudest purr on earth.
Smokey made the cut with a deafening 67.7 decibel purr - close to the volume generated by a lawn mower.
But the 12-year-old, gray-and-white tabby sounds more like a cooing dove.
Her owners say she is rarely quiet - only going silent while she sleeps.
"She even manages to purr while she eats," her owner Ruth Adams wrote on a Website dedicated to the vociferous feline, www.smokeythepurringcat.com.
Smokey first came to attention in February when she won a local competition for most powerful purr. A local community college then submitted the results to Guinness.
The record keepers say the loudest animals on earth are blue whales, which emit a low-frequency pulse that reaches 188 decibels.
THIS CAT COULDN'T BE MINES! NO F**KING WAY! I'M WITH THE 7 OTHER MOFO'S THAT KICKED THAT CAT OUT!
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